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Committee approves voluntary post‑adoption contact agreements for private adoptions
Senate Judiciary Committee · April 14, 2021
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Summary
The committee advanced H.B. 13‑88 to allow voluntary, non‑court‑enforceable post‑adoption contact agreements for private adoptions; witnesses—adoptees, birth mothers and adoptive parents—testified the agreements provide stability and improve outcomes.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to permit voluntary post‑adoption contact agreements (PACAs) in private adoptions.
Representative Penzo presented H.B. 13‑88, and adoption attorneys and advocates described the legislation as codifying voluntary agreements that many private families already make informally. John…
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